2023 European Senior Tour

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2023 European Senior Tour season
Duration19 May 2023 (2023-05-19) – 10 December 2023 (2023-12-10)
Number of official events16
Most winsEngland Peter Baker (4)
Brazil Adilson da Silva (4)
Order of MeritEngland Peter Baker
Rookie of the YearSweden Patrik Sjöland
2022
2024

The 2023 European Senior Tour, titled as the 2023 Legends Tour, was the 31st season of the European Senior Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe for men aged 50 and over.

Schedule[edit]

The following table lists official events during the 2023 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
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Winner[a] Notes
20 May Riegler & Partner Legends Austria 250,000 Brazil Adilson da Silva (2)
28 May KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship United States US$3,500,000 United States Steve Stricker (n/a) Senior major championship
11 Jun Jersey Legends Jersey 300,000 Australia Richard Green (3)
25 Jun Irish Legends Ireland 300,000 England Peter Baker (2)
2 Jul U.S. Senior Open United States US$4,000,000 Germany Bernhard Langer (8) Senior major championship[b]
9 Jul Swiss Seniors Open Switzerland 250,000 Brazil Adilson da Silva (3)
30 Jul The Senior Open Championship Wales US$2,750,000 Germany Alex Čejka (3) Senior major championship
5 Aug JCB Championship England 1,000,000 England Peter Baker (3)
14 Aug Legends Tour Trophy England 500,000 Wales Bradley Dredge (1) New tournament
27 Aug Staysure PGA Seniors Championship Scotland 500,000 England Peter Baker (4)
9 Sep WCM Legends Open de France France 350,000 Brazil Adilson da Silva (4)
17 Sep WINSTONgolf Senior Open Germany 450,000 Australia Scott Hend (1)
29 Oct Sergio Melpignano Senior Italian Open Italy 300,000 South Africa James Kingston (3)
5 Nov Farmfoods European Senior Masters Spain 275,000 Sweden Patrik Sjöland (1)
2 Dec Vinpearl DIC Legends Championship Vietnam US$730,000 Brazil Adilson da Silva (5) New tournament
Limited-field event
10 Dec MCB Tour Championship (Mauritius) Mauritius US$1,000,000 England Peter Baker (5) Tour Championship

Order of Merit[edit]

The Order of Merit was titled as the MCB Road to Mauritius and was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[3][4]

Position Player Points
1 England Peter Baker 4,161
2 Brazil Adilson da Silva 3,443
3 South Africa James Kingston 1,634
4 Argentina Ricardo González 1,618
5 Sweden Patrik Sjöland 1,593

Awards[edit]

Award Winner Ref.
Rookie of the Year (Barry Lane Award) Sweden Patrik Sjöland [5]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of European Senior Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for European Senior Tour members.
  2. ^ Official win; unofficial money.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2023 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Legends Tour Announces International 2023 Schedule". Legends Tour. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  3. ^ "2023 MCB Road to Mauritius". Legends Tour. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Peter Baker Wins MCB Tour Championship And Legends Tour Order Of Merit Title". Golf Monthly. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  5. ^ Legends Tour [@euLegendsTour] (10 December 2023). "Congratulations Patrik for winning the Barry Lane Rookie of The Year award" (Tweet). Retrieved 10 December 2023 – via Twitter.

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